The ACE-MAESTRO instrument on SCISAT: description, performance, and preliminary results

C. Thomas McElroy; Caroline R. Nowlan; James R. Drummond; Peter F. Bernath; David V. Barton; Denis G. Dufour; Clive Midwinter; Robert B. Hall; Akira Ogyu; Aaron Ullberg; David I. Wardle; Jay Kar; Jason Zou; Florian Nichitiu; Chris D. Boone; Kaley A. Walker; Neil Rowlands

The ACE-MAESTRO instrument on SCISAT: description, performance, and preliminary results

C. Thomas McElroy, Caroline R. Nowlan, James R. Drummond, Peter F. Bernath, David V. Barton, Denis G. Dufour, Clive Midwinter, Robert B. Hall, Akira Ogyu, Aaron Ullberg, David I. Wardle, Jay Kar, Jason Zou, Florian Nichitiu, Chris D. Boone, Kaley A. Walker, Neil Rowlands

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Abstract

The Measurement of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation (MAESTRO) instrument on the SCISAT satellite is a simple, compact spectrophotometer for the measurement of atmospheric extinction, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and other trace gases in the stratosphere and upper troposphere as part of the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) mission. We provide an overview of the instrument from requirements to realization, including optical design, prelaunch and on-orbit performance, and a preliminary examination of retrievals of ozone and NO2. (C) 2007 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4341-4356
Number of pages	16
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	46
Issue number	20
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2007

Keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTIONS
SENSING REFERENCE DATA
231-794 NM RANGE
SOLAR IRRADIANCE
MU-M
OZONE
GOME
SPECTRA
HITRAN
NO2

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